Messier (moon crater)

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Messier
Messier (moon equatorial region)
Messier
position 1.9 °  S , 47.64 °  E Coordinates: 1 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 47 ° 38 ′ 24 ″  E
diameter 14 km
Card sheet 79 (PDF)
Named after Charles Messier (1730-1817)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Messier is a moon crater in the southern hemisphere, in Mare Fecunditatis .

List of the secondary craters of Messier
Letter position diameter link
A. 2.02 °  S , 46.95 °  E 11 km [1]
B. 0.9 °  S , 48.04 °  E 7 km [2]
D. 3.6 °  S , 46.3 °  E 8 kilometers [3]
E. 3.37 °  S , 45.4 °  E 5 km [4]
J 1.59 °  S , 52.15 °  E 4 km [5]
L. 1.25 °  S , 51.86 °  O 5 km [6]

Web links

  • Messier in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Messier Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
  • Messier Apollo Image Atlas
  • Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [7]